Hyderabad IPS trainee arrested on assault and harassment

A trainee Indian Police Service officer has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody on serious charges, including assault and attempted murder, following allegations of sexual harassment and stalking by a fellow probationer at a premier police academy in Hyderabad. The accused, M. Uday Krishna Reddy, a 2025-batch IPS officer trainee, was taken into custody on July 28 and sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a court in Rajendranagar on July 29.

The case, registered at Attapur Police Station on July 18, was initiated by a 30-year-old woman trainee officer. Her complaint alleged a pattern of sexual harassment, abusive messages, stalking, wrongful confinement, physical assault, and criminal intimidation. Police stated that the two officers first made contact in mid-2025 via Instagram after the woman responded to a post about Reddy's journey to joining the IPS. Their online interaction developed into a relationship that police described as increasingly turbulent and abusive during their training.

According to investigators, the relationship was marked by emotional manipulation, possessive behavior, and threats of self-harm by the accused. The complainant stated that after...